Screen-door brace



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s. HEWITT SCREEN DOOR BRAGE Filed Nov. 11, 1920 Patented fitug., Y,i923.

liettgdl SPURGEON HEVTT, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SCBEEDLDOOR BRACE.

Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,293.

i siding at Bridgeport7 in the county ot F airiield and State otConnecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Screen- DoorBraces oi which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive andetlieient means 'for bracing a screen door or like structure to guardagainst or correct the sagging ot the tree edge thereot and thus restoreand maintain the rectangular form oic the frame to the end that it mayaccurately tit and close into the door opening, and more especially toprovide a device for the purpose indicated which may be readily appliedto a screen door afterthe use ot the latter has resulted in a distortionot the trame and a oi the tree edge thereof, the bracing elementl beingconstructed as an article oit manufacture for applicationwith facilityto the trame oit the door; and with this objec in view the inventionconsists in a 'construction and combination ot' parts of ywhichpreferred embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawing7 whereinz-Figure l is a view et a brace embodying the invention applied in theoperative posi tion to a screen door and showing in dotted lines the`position et the elements thereof in the course o't applying the same tothe frame of a door.

Figure 2 is a detail view enlarged ofthe brace detached. c

vThe brace consists essentially of a bar l adapted for arrangement inkdiagonal relation to the door trame at the upper inner angle Vthereo'tbetween the hinge rail ll and the top rail l2 thereof.v the extremitiesot the bar .being` diagonally disposed or cut with relation to thelength of the bar to provide surfaces ttor contact respectively with theinner ot said door trame elements or V rails and having projecting spurs13 for enfgagement with the door trame elements or rails to maintain thebar in proper bracing relation to the angle formed by said rails.

ln the construction illustrated the bar consists of sections or membersa and 10b corresponding in construction andI dimensions Vand hingedtogether at their meeting ends as shown at 14C, securing or fasteningcleats l5 being carried by the inner end ofone of the sections ormembers and having transverse slots lr6 in their extremities which arearranged in overlapping relation with the inner end ot the other sectionor member of the bar, said slots being engaged by thumb screws l?adapted to be tightened to clamp the sections or members ot the bar intheir operative or extended relation as shown in v'full lines in Figurel.

ln applying the sectional members to a door the set screws i7 should beloosened and the brake broken or deflected as indicated by 'the dott-edlines in Figure l, the spurred remote extremities of said bar sectionsor members being arranged in contact with the inner edges of the doorframe elements or rails 1l and l2, whereupon the sti ightening oi thebar by applying 'torce to the inner ends ot the brace sections ormembers toward the angle between the door rails will serve to raise thefr ee edge of the door trame and at the same time torce the terminalspurs 13 into the door trame rails. 'llbe tightening ot the set screws17 will then loclr 'the brace in its operative position to properlysupport the door for free swinging movementL y Having described theinvention, what is claimed as new and useful is:-

A brace for screen doors and the like consisting ot a bar provided withbeveled or obliouely cut terminals for arrangement in contact with theinner edges oi' thehinge and top rails ot a door trame, and with the barin diagonal relation to said rails, and provided at its beveledextremities with pro- V iecting spurs or pinstor engaging said doortrame railsg said bar consisting of relatively iovable sections ormembers hinged together their adjacent extremities and means forsecuring said sections or members in their extended or aligned relation,said means consisting ot cleats carried by one oit said sections ormembers in overlapping relation with the adjacent end of the'othersection or member and provided in said overlapping portions withtransverse slots., and set screws passing through said lslots andengaging said other section or member.

In testimony whereof he atlixes his signature.

SPURGEON HEWITT.

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